Parma v. Jakupca

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4918

Syllabus

Guilty plea misdemeanor petty offense Crim.R. 11(E) substantial compliance effect of the plea totality of the circumstances prejudice effective assistance of counsel sentence. - Trial court substantially complied with Crim.R. 11(E) in its advisements prior to accepting the defendant's guilty plea to a petty offense misdemeanor. The totality of the circumstance revealed that the defendant understood the effect of the guilty plea. Moreover, the defendant did not demonstrate how he was prejudiced by the trial court's advisements. Defendant was not deprived of effective assistance of counsel by his counsel's educated guess of the sentence that would be imposed. Prejudice was not found because trial court advised the defendant of the maximum penalty that could be imposed.